Jeremiah 19:4:7Jer.19.4.W7TAB
וַיְקַטְּרוּ־בוֹ֙
vayekatteruvo
“and they burned incense in it”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kat-TE-ru-VO
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kaht-TEH-roo-VOH
- IPA
- /vaj.qatːəˈruː.voː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they burned incense in it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-VO
- clause
YA-an a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-nak-KHE-ru et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ye-kat-TE-ru-VO le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM HE-ma va-a-vo-te-HEM u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-nak-KHE-ru et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ye-kat-TE-ru-VO le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM a-SHER lo-ye-da-UM HE-ma va-a-vo-te-HEM u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA u-mal-E-u et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE DAM ne-ki-YIM
Exegesis
Three Piel imperfect verbs with vav consecutive—vaynakkeru {וַֽיְנַכְּר֞וּ | wa-ye-nak-kə-rû} ‘and they have estranged’, vayeqatteruvo {וַיְקַטְּרוּ־בוֹ֙ | wa-ye-qat-tə-rû-vo} ‘and they have burned incense’, and umal’u {וּמָֽלְא֛וּ | û-mā-l-’û} ‘and they have filled’—structure a cascading list of violations.
Root and etymology
“to burn incense”
In context — Jeremiah 19:4
Because they have forsaken Me and have estranged this place, burning incense here to other gods that neither they, nor their fathers, nor the kings of Judah had known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocent .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 19:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְקַטְּרוּ־בוֹ֙ (vayekatteruvo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.19.4.W7.S1) and character.